Vasil Georgiev Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 (edited) Hi, I am having a strange problem on Publisher. I created a stroke on text converted to curves, but when I try to export it to any vector format some strokes are missing. Nothing I tried work! Additionally I can't expand the stroke in Publisher, because that option is missing! Of course I can open the page in designer, but I have 50+ pages and "Edit with Designer" opens only one page, so that is not a viable option! Because of that I missed my deadline ... 😞 But it will be helpful if I understand what is the problem. I am attaching a test file to see what I mean - just try to export it as any vector format. Also why is "Expand stroke" missing in Publisher and why "Edit with Designer" opens only the last page. I am using version 2.1.1 of Publisher and Designer on Macbook air M1. Thanks! Bad_stroke.afpub Edited July 11, 2023 by Vasil Georgiev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 22 minutes ago, Vasil Georgiev said: Of course I can open the page in designer, but I have 50+ pages and "Edit with Designer" opens only one page, so that is not a viable option! There will be a "page navigator" on the bottom of the application window, to the left of the Status Bar, that allows navigation from page to page in Designer or Photo. You could also, of course, just switch to the Designer Persona in Publisher, rather than using File > Edit in Designer. You could then navigate using the Pages panel if you switched back to the Publisher Persona, but for your purposes staying in the Designer Persona and navigating via the Page Navigator would probably be quicker. 25 minutes ago, Vasil Georgiev said: Also why is "Expand stroke" missing in Publisher Because Serif has partitioned the various functions into the applications where they think the users will need them most, and they've apparently decided that Expand Stroke is a Designer-only function. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 21 minutes ago, Vasil Georgiev said: Additionally I can't expand the stroke in Publisher, because that option is missing! Of course I can open the page in designer, but I have 50+ pages and "Edit with Designer" opens only one page, so that is not a viable option! You can just use the Designer Persona while working in Publisher. In the current beta (2.2.0(1881)) things are better but I noticed something weird with the 3rd letter. If I broke the curve anywhere new and then joined it again all was right. Before: After: Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 3 hours ago, walt.farrell said: ... and they've apparently decided that Expand Stroke is a Designer-only function. But like @Old Bruce mentioned, it is there in the Designer Persona of APub, which is available if you have AD installed. This is true for all versions, V1 & V2. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vasil Georgiev Posted July 11, 2023 Author Share Posted July 11, 2023 @walt.farrell @Old Bruce Thank you both! @Old Bruce That, strangely is not my problem. In my case I am losing some of the stroke in the inner part of a few of the letters. Even when I apply my newly acquired knowledge and I expand the stroke the effect is the same - the stroke in the inner part is missing. I guess that has to do with the fact that I am using a pressure stroke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 19 minutes ago, Vasil Georgiev said: I guess that has to do with the fact that I am using a pressure stroke. No, I think it is the way the fonts are built. If you use the beta you'll see much better results, perfect but for the weird thing I demonstrated with the third letter. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vasil Georgiev Posted July 11, 2023 Author Share Posted July 11, 2023 1 minute ago, Old Bruce said: No, I think it is the way the fonts are built. If you use the beta you'll see much better results, perfect but for the weird thing I demonstrated with the third letter. I thought about that so I converted the text to curves before applying the stroke - the result was the same. I was hesitant to test the beta, but now I definitely will. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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